Ejona Hushi

“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner